Hi,
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Sarah Bridle, Olivier Dore, Antony Lewis, Mike Nolta

I wonder how many nobel laureates did not work in academia. I do know that from att labs there were seven. Yes they would qualify by having submitted papers I hope but I wonder how many were submitted regarding the big bang. I do know that att doesn't want to waste stockholder money on pure research. I also know that att employees some very smart people.